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Search Results for Hyperkalemia
Abstract Number: 785
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 91-year-old male with history of coronary artery disease & heart failure with reduced ejection fraction presented with unresponsiveness. The patient collapsed onto the floor when he came into the kitchen for dinner. His wife could not feel a pulse, so she called emergency medical services (EMS) and started CPR. When EMS arrived, […]
Abstract Number: 861
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 48-year-old female with a past medical history of opioid dependency and right hip arthroplasty presented with complaints of fevers and purulent drainage at her surgical site. Pertinent exam findings included fever, tenderness, and erythema on her right hip. Initial creatinine, bicarbonate, and magnesium were within normal limits. She underwent irrigation and debridement […]
Abstract Number: 888
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 12 month old female with a prior episode of hyperkalemia in the setting of diarrheal illness presented to the Emergency Department with four days of non-bloody, non-bilious vomiting and three days of non-bloody loose stools. Initial outpatient evaluation included normal abdominal ultrasound and serum potassium of 7.1 mEq/L. Patient was admitted for […]
Abstract Number: 917
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Hyperkalemia is common in patients with hematological malignancies due to tumor lysis syndrome (TLS). Hyperkalemia can be further complicated by presence of pseudo-hyperkalemia in these patients. Accurate potassium measurement is critical as over-correction in the setting of hyperkalemia can lead to iatrogenic hypokalemia. A 38-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department for fatigue, […]
Abstract Number: 1162
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: Our patient is an 88-year-old female who presented with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Her medical comorbidities included hypertension, diabetes, CAD, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypothyroidism and a history of cerebrovascular accident without any residual deficits. Her prescription regimen included amlodipine, furosemide, isosorbide mononitrate, levothyroxine, metformin, omeprazole and […]